Detention - Civil Liberties Australia

New Hicks rules defy US Supreme Court

26 January 2006 26 January 2006

Procedure and evidence rules in the latest Guantanamo Bay Military Commission manual ignores the US Supreme Court’s 2006 ruling and try to re-define war crimes, says US/Australian lawyer Robert Briggs. The case against Hicks could swing on ‘evidence’ of…

Zoo cruelty

16 January 2006 16 January 2006

For over five years, David Hicks has been confined for 23 to 24 hours a day in a single cell at Guantanamo Bay, deprived of human contact, natural light and fresh air.

Years ago, similar prison practices in Australia at Katin…

Sentencing

1 May 2005 1 May 2005

CLA opposes any proposal for mandatory sentencing legislation.

Read CLA’s paper here (150kb PDF file).